Hello I would like to combine the “who are you” with a detail of my car. My name is Nick, i live near Rotterdam (NL) and last march i bought a Megane RS III cup in the color oyster grey with 48.000 km on it. Milltek exhaust and chip to 310pk. In the beginning, one propper wash and Waxaddict vitreo for temporary protection, until the full detail could be done. Some pictures before the washing Last Friday started the washing Rims + Tires - High Pressure Nilfisk E150 - Bucket with water + PoorBoys Super Slick - Mothers wheelbrush - Monello Wheel woolie - Valet pro rim brush - Most of the dirt off, then a few sprays of Monello non-ferro. - Tires cleaned with a cordless drill+ Brush from Aliexpress + APC from Poorboys The rims were only cleaned on the outside, after the winter set is under the car, this set will be painted to another color and later protected with Gyeon Rim Foaming - Nilfisk E150 + Monello Lancia Foam - Stripping the paint with a mix of Dreft + APC Poorboys + Monello Artico Magico what almost looks like whipped cream. APC Before washing by hand, all the holes, trims will be cleaned with - APC from Poorboys - Valet pro rim brush - Mothers detail brushes Enginespace - Valet pro rim brush - APC Poorboys - Cleaned & Dried with some cheap microfiber cloths. Handwashing - 2x 19L Buckets + 2x gritguard + Hot water + Poorboys super slick wash - Washing with the Monello thick mitt Most of the dirt has been removed, the car will be sprayed with Valet Pro Citrus Tar and Glue Remover, stays on the car for a few minutes and rub with the washmit, the big parts of tar will already be removed. - High pressure the car - Spray the car with Monello Non-Ferro for removing the fly-rust - Showpiece exhaust cleaned with a magical sponge Clay The whole car clayed with - Monello Dolce verde clay + Dodo Juice Born Slippy. 3 times back and forth over the roof and the clay was already very dirty. Born Slippy is very greasy, another wash with Dreft + Hot water The car will be polished on another location, for the temp. protection, used Monello Acquafobia and dried with the Gyeon Silk Dryer. Next Day Arrived with a car full of equipment to the location where the detail will take place. The old Renault logos will be removed with a heat gun and sticker remover. - Removed some stickers on the window of the trunk with sticker remover While i was removing the stickers, i had some company GODDAMIT - Washed the car again with Dreft + Hot water and dried with the Gyeon Silk Dryer. Polishing - Inspection with the Monello Faro and the paint thickness Etari MD-666. - Enough swirls to remove and an average paint thickness of 130 on the whole car. Test spot with the DAP900 on the engine hood and 1 door - Monello Raffini Orange + Scholl S3 French car, so we expected the paint would be soft. Orange + S3 was not enough. - Monello Raffini Yellow + Scholl S3, this was more than enough for most parts - Enginehood + roof has been done with the Monello Wool Pad some deeper scratches here. - Passenger door had 3 deep scratches, has been done with the Scholl Sandwich Spider pad, removed the scratches for 95%. - After every panel, the pads were cleaned with Poorboys Tornado Pad Cleaner + Pad washer
Next step Monello Raffini Yellow + Scholl S3 polished, 5.5 inch and the 4 inch. The other person started with the wireless drill + Aliexpress pads + cones for the small parts. For testing purposes we also tested the wireless drill + Aliexpress pads on the lights, this worked surprisingly well. The new Renault logos were also full with swirls, also been removed the wireless drill. - Windows have been polished with the DAP900 + Flexipads Glass polishing disk + Sonax Glass Polish 14 hours of polishing, time 02:30, time to go home. Next Day Polishing Last parts of yellow + s3 Finishing step - Monello Raffini White + Scholl S30 - Aliexpress pads + Scholl S30 - Monello uni-cone black + Scholl S30 7 hours of polishing - Removing the tape Degreasing Degreased the car 3 times with - Monello Peluche Verde (12 pieces) - Gyeon Prep Gyeon Cancoat For the cancoat the following has been used - Gyeon Cancoat - Gyeon Applicator - Gyeon Suede 10x10cm - Nanolex Lotus Microfiber - Nitrile gloves - Aliexpress 30ml glass bottle (practice for the next time Gyeon Pure of MOHS - Aliexpress pipettes - Aliexpress funnel Gyeon Trim All the trim parts + lights + new logo's Finally finished, the cancoat and trim can dry. Last day inside - Inside of the windows cleaned with Gyeon Glass + Monello Pico Nero cloths - Inside rubbers at the doors valma plastishine. - Under the hood parts with Gyeon Preserve - Outside of the windows 2 times with Monello Pico Nero + Turtle Wax ClearVue. - Tires with Gyeon Tire - Outside rubbers with a cheap microfiber + Gyeon cure - Whole outside of the car with Monello Peluche Verde + Gyeon cure - Placing the new logo's, unfortunately the one at the trunk did not stick, the sticker did not reach the old logo, need to buy other tape. Finished when it was dark again. Picture After On Monday it did not stop raining, waited for today, bought the tape, placed the logo and made some pictures in daylight. Next step will be the cleaning of the leather seats. Next year the whole car in Gyeon Pure or MOHS
